Bergen Centre for Electronic Arts

Prøverommet invites you to participate in a beta test* of VUMA Soner, the geo-triggered audio app by VUMA Projects, made in collaboration with BEK. Tickets are free but registered through TicketCo (only 8 spaces per time-slot).

The Blended Reality Lecture Series invites new media practitioners from around the world to share their work and research in Bergen. The artists that are being featured will not be travelling to Bergen, but will use video conferencing and other online tools — in sometimes unexpected ways — to experiment with  the possibilities of remote lectures and interactivity. The Blended…

In their two week work residency at BEK, Laurie Lax and Lucila Mayol will be working on a teaser of Archaeological Fiction: Sagfjordbotn (AF:S) – an Interactive Fiction with sound, based on the remote fjord of Sagfjordbotn in Nordland. The teaser will focus on a portion of material they collected in July, and give a tangible sense of the look…

The Blended Reality Lecture Series invites new media practitioners from around the world to share their work and research in Bergen. The artists that are being featured will not be travelling to Bergen, but will use video conferencing and other online tools — in sometimes unexpected ways — to experiment with  the possibilities of remote lectures and interactivity. The Blended…

BEK is participating in the BABF – Bergen Art Book Fair 2019 at Bergen Kunsthall this weekend, where we show a small selection of books and publications from our library. On our table you will find the Center for Genomic Gastronomy, KairUs, Jøran Rudi, Ellen Røed, Nervous Vision, HC Gilje, Dragan Espenschied, Olia Lialina, Josephine Bosma, and more. Marieke Verbiesen…

Marieke Verbiesen will exhibit her audiovisual interactive instrument Sonic Tornado at this years Amsterdam Dance Event’s exhibition “100 years of electronic music instruments”.



If you want to create something interactive for a screen (TV, computer screen, mobile, tray, VR), Unity is a good option. Inputs can be game controllers, keyboard and mouse, motion sensors, etc.

On the 7th of November a new stage of the Torn Tracks project by Jiska Huizing (NL) will be launched at Visningsrommet USF. With help of BEK, the first version of a digital platform has been developed that offers various ways of searching and organizing the collection of tracks and sounds that form the basis of this project. Note: Performance…

Stian Remvik at BEK has set up four Arun mats in the interactive installation Urban point. The installation is a 2,5 m3 large cube sprayed with graffiti, with sound from the graffiti process. The audience can turn the sound on and off by stepping on the mats. Arun mats are produced for and used as security alarms, but in the…

Marieke Verbiesen will present her installation Mayhem Machine during the ADE Sound Lab in Amsterdam. In a QA she will present her works and the technology she develops.   About Mayhem Machine “Mayhem Machine is an interactive instrument that produces synchronised sound, light and animation compositions, controlled by the audience via a custommade interface. The installation features instruments that can…